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Tickets are Going Fast for the San Francisco Ballet’s Little Mermaid, Debuting March 20th

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Your San Francisco Ballet’s varied* Program 4 just wrapped (and after all those takes, get Becca Hirschman’s here), so that means Program 5, the U.S. premiere of the Little Mermaid, is coming up soon.

They’re putting it on for just one week - many sections are selling out already. This promises to be a mega show, so get your tickets now if you want a chance to see LM this go around.  

Famous Yuan Yuan Tan as den Lille Havfrue:

See you there!

*Very varied. It was a balletic Rorschach Test, read the reviews.

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The Reviews are In for the San Francisco Ballet’s Program 4 – See It This Weekend

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Hey, there are still a few tickets left for something-for-everybody Program 4 at your San Francisco Ballet over the next three days.

See what Allan Ulrich, Chronicle Dance Correspondent, thinks here and what Janos Gereben, a contributor to the Examiner, thinks here, and what Paul Parish, a writer for the Bay Area Reporter, thinks here.

And check out the casting and some photos from Seán Martinfield, Sentinel Editor and Publisher, here.

Yuan Yuan Tan and Anthony Spaulding. Possokhov’s Diving into the Lilacs. Photo, Erik Tomasson

Program 4

Petrouchka
SF Ballet Premiere –  New!
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Choreographer: Michel Fokine

Making its SF Ballet premiere this season, Michel Fokine’sPetrouchka, which was first performed by Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in 1911, is a classical tale of a Russian puppet come to life that fuses music, ballet, and history in perfect balance.
 
Read the program notes.

Diving into the Lilacs
Composer: Boris Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Returning after its world premiere in 2009, Yuri Possokhov’s Diving into the Lilacs transforms poignant memories of youth into emotional expressions of dance.
 
Read the program notes.
Watch a short video with segments from Possokhov’s Diving into the Lilacs.

in the middle, somewhat elevated
Composer: Thom Willems
Choreographer: William Forsythe

Making an encore performance this season, William Forsythe’s dynamic in the middle, somewhat elevated investigates the ballet vocabulary, redefining its boundaries along the way.
 
Read the program notes.
Watch a short video with segments from Forsythe’s in the middle, somewhat elevated.
 
Watch a short interview with William Forsythe on in the the middle, somewhat elevated.

 

Tue Mar 2, 8pm* | Wed Mar 3, 7:30pm• | Thu Mar 4, 8pm | Fri Mar 5, 8pm* | Sat Mar 6, 2pm & 8pm | Sun Mar 7, 2pm*
 
Total running time: 2:14
*Meet the Artist Interview
•Pointes of View Discussion

Choose a Date:

Fri, Mar 5, 2010, 8:00 PM

Sat, Mar 6, 2010, 2:00 PM

Sat, Mar 6, 2010, 8:00 PM

Sun, Mar 7, 2010, 2:00 PM

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San Francisco Ballet Announces LGBT Nite Out Schedule for Early 2010

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Our San Francisco Ballet has just announced the new schedule for its LGBT-friendly Nite Out performance/reception package: Program 2, The Little Mermaid (aka Program 5), and Program 7.

Check out all three right here.

The debut of The Little Mermaid will be featured next month:

See you there!

Post-Ballet Receptions for the LGBT* Community

Single tickets now available!
Experience a ballet company as diverse as our community. San Francisco Ballet invites the LGBT* community to its 2010 Nite Out series featuring three dynamic evenings of world-class dance and an exclusive post-performance party.

Each Evening in the Nite Out Package includes a full evening’s entertainment 
  • Meet the Artist Interview  – 7pm 

    • Deepen your appreciation and knowledge of dance! Learn about the choreographers, dancers, or visiting artists in these salon-style interviews.

  • Performance – 8pm 
    Friday, February 12 - Program 2 - Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer, Wheeldon World Premiere, Taylor’s Company B
    Friday, March 26 - The Little Mermaid – U.S. Premiere
    Friday, April 9 - Program 7 - Wheeldon’s Rush, Possokhov World Premiere, Robbins’ The Concert
  • Reception – 10:30pm to Midnight 

    • Mingle with new friends and SF Ballet dancers at an exclusive hosted cocktail party with wines by Gallo, cocktails featuring Swan’s Neck Vodka, and light hors d’oeuvres. Plus enjoy great music, ambiance, and views of City Hall from the Dress Circle Foyer. Plus, new this season, have the chance to win fabulous prizes from HUGO BOSS, boon hotel + spa, and more at each event.

Series Pricing 
The Nite Out Package is a great value with prices starting at just $40 per performance! Individual tickets including the reception start at just $45.

How to Order: 

Online  
To purchase the Nite Out 3-performance package, click here.
To purchase individual tickets, log in and enter promo code niteout.
By Phone 
Call 415.865.2000, Monday–Friday, 10am–4pm and mention Nite Out. 
Don’t miss the rest of our exciting season! 
For the most savings and benefits, including flexible ticket exchange, you can also add the Nite Out 3-performance receptions to a 5- or 8- Principal Series Package for just $60. Purchase a Series D or Series N Friday evening subscription, then add the Nite Out Reception Package to your shopping cart from the subscriptions page.
 * Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender

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You Ought to Go See Swan Lake This Weekend at the San Francisco Ballet

Friday, January 29th, 2010

There are just four more shows left of this run of Swan Lake at our fantastic San Francisco Ballet. A lot of the sections are sold out, but you can still get a pair of ticks for the Saturday night showing for less than a hundred bones.

Becca Hirschman saw the show a few days back – she has all the deets if you’re undecided.

Act II is mesmerizing, with 30+ swans cavorting about. I mean, how many ballerinas does San Francisco have?

Myself, I loved Acts II, III, and IV – I was a little too far away to see all the details they threw into the first act.

And the sets are huge

All in all, it’s a great production.

See you there!

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Our San Francisco Ballet Has a New Principal Dancer – Soloist Frances Chung Just Promoted

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Saturday Matinee (Thoughts on theater in the Bay Area) has the news about our San Francisco Ballet’s newest Principal Dancer - it’s former soloist Frances Chung.

See her tonight as a glorious Queen of the Snow in the Nutcracker.

Congratulations, Frances!

“San Francisco Ballet announced today the promotion of Frances Chung from the rank of soloist to principal dancer, effective immediately.

Born in Vancouver, Chung trained at the Goh Ballet Academy before joining the Company in 2001. She was promoted to soloist in 2005 and has danced a diverse range of roles including the Sugar Plum Fairy, Grand Pas de Deux Ballerina, and Snow Queen in Tomasson’s Nutcracker; the Enchanted Princess in Tomasson’s The Sleeping Beauty; Neapolitan, Russian Princess, and pas de trois in Tomasson’s Swan Lake; and the Queen of the Dryads in Tomasson/Possokhov’s Don Quixote.

Her repertory also includes lead roles in Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Divertimento No. 15, and “Emeralds”; Bintley’s The Dance House; Elo’s Double Evil; Forsythe’s in the middle, somewhat elevated; Lubovitch’s “…smile with my heart” and Elemental Brubeck; Makarova’s Paquita; Possokhov’s Fusion; and Welch’s Naked.

Among other honors, Chung was a finalist and prize winner at the Prix de Lausanne in 2000 and received the top honor of a silver medal at the Adeline Genée Awards in London that same year.” (via Victoria Andujar)

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